Amid increasing riots and protests, as well as skyrocketing unemployment, Hill left politics to become Australian Agent-General to the United Kingdom. He was succeeded by Robert Richards, who had the impossible task of leading the government into the election.
With three Labor factions—the official ALP, Premiers Plan Labor and Lang Labor—splitting the combined 47.8% total Labor vote, the result was a landslide victory for the LCL. The LCL won 29 seats versus only 13 for the three Labor factions combined. Though the Labor split in South Australia would only last until 1934, this would be the start of 32 years of LCL government in South Australia—one of the longest unbroken runs for a governing party in the Commonwealth. The LCL would stay in office until the 1965 state election with the assistance of a pro-LCL electoral malapportionment known as the Playmander, which would be introduced in 1936.
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^"Summary of 1938 Election". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
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1933, south, australian, state, election, state, elections, were, held, south, australia, april, 1933, seats, south, australian, house, assembly, were, election, incumbent, parliamentary, labor, party, government, premier, robert, richards, defeated, oppositio. State elections were held in South Australia on 8 April 1933 All 46 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election The incumbent Parliamentary Labor Party government led by Premier Robert Richards was defeated by the opposition Liberal and Country League led by Leader of the Opposition Richard L Butler Each district elected multiple members 1933 South Australian state election 1930 8 April 1933 1933 04 08 1938 All 46 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly 24 seats were needed for a majority First party Second party Leader Richard L Butler Edgar DawesParty Liberal and Country League LaborLeader since 7 December 1925 12 May 1932Leader s seat Wooroora SturtLast election new party 30 seatsSeats won 29 seats 6 seatsSeat change 24Percentage 34 62 27 78 Third party Fourth party Leader Robert Richards Doug BardolphParty Parliamentary Labor Party Lang LaborLeader since 1933 August 1931Leader s seat Wallaroo AdelaideLast election new party new partySeats won 4 seats 3 seatsSeat change 4 3Percentage 16 30 3 68 Swing 16 30 3 68Premier before electionRobert RichardsParliamentary Labor Elected Premier Richard L ButlerLiberal and Country League Contents 1 Background 2 Results 3 See also 4 ReferencesBackground editAfter the ALP government of Premier Lionel Hill endorsed the controversial Premiers Plan following the start of the Great Depression in Australia and the subsequent Australian Labor Party split of 1931 the ALP state executive expelled 23 of the 30 members of the ALP caucus including the entire cabinet The expelled MPs formed the Parliamentary Labor Party also known as Premiers Plan Labor with Hill as leader and Premier and continued in office with the support of the Butler led Liberal Federation Amid increasing riots and protests as well as skyrocketing unemployment Hill left politics to become Australian Agent General to the United Kingdom He was succeeded by Robert Richards who had the impossible task of leading the government into the election In contrast to the ructions in Labor the conservative forces in the state presented a united front at the 1931 federal election when all anti Labor major party candidates in the state ran under the banner of the Emergency Committee of South Australia This grouping took an additional two seats to hold six of the state s seven seats in the federal House of Representatives and all three available seats in the bloc voting winner take all Senate In 1932 buoyed by this success the Liberal Federation and the Country Party merged as the Liberal and Country League under Butler s leadership With three Labor factions the official ALP Premiers Plan Labor and Lang Labor splitting the combined 47 8 total Labor vote the result was a landslide victory for the LCL The LCL won 29 seats versus only 13 for the three Labor factions combined Though the Labor split in South Australia would only last until 1934 this would be the start of 32 years of LCL government in South Australia one of the longest unbroken runs for a governing party in the Commonwealth The LCL would stay in office until the 1965 state election with the assistance of a pro LCL electoral malapportionment known as the Playmander which would be introduced in 1936 Results editSouth Australian state election 8 April 1933 1 House of Assembly lt lt 1930 1938 gt gt Enrolled voters 338 576Votes cast 182 693 Turnout 59 45 11 91 Informal votes 8 904 Informal 4 87 0 84 Summary of votes by partyParty Primary votes Swing Seats Change Liberal and Country 60 159 34 62 29 Labor 48 273 27 78 20 86 6 24 Parliamentary Labor 28 319 16 30 4 Lang Labor 6 398 3 68 3 Single Tax League 5 429 3 12 1 80 1 0 Communist 1 908 1 10 0 77 0 0 Independent 23 303 13 41 11 09 3 3Total 173 789 46 See also editResults of the South Australian state election 1933 House of Assembly Candidates of the South Australian state election 1933 Members of the South Australian House of Assembly 1933 1938 Members of the South Australian Legislative Council 1933 1938References editHistory of South Australian elections 1857 2006 volume 1 ECSA State and federal election results Archived 18 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine in Australia since 1890Specific Summary of 1938 Election University of Western Australia Retrieved 7 July 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1933 South Australian state election amp oldid 1094358554, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
